Louis Paul DeGrado is a Science Fiction Writer, Poet, Songwriter and Bard who was born and raised in Colorado. After Graduating High School, he joined the U.S. Army and served as a Flight Engineer aboard a Chinook Helicopter. He has his MBA from Colorado State University and has taught classes at Pueblo Community College.
A writer and storyteller since the earliest times, Louis has won Four Editor's Choice Awards for his works. His latest series, 'The Calling of the Protector's," won the Rising Star Award at iUniverse and is an inspirational story for juveniles that contains Seventeen original songs written by the author throughout the story.
Louis has placed Finalist in Foreword Review Book of the Year awards three times for "Savior," "The 13th Month," and "The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief."
In 2017 the author won the Gold Award in Juvenile Fiction from Literary Classics for his novel, "The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief," which features eight original songs written by the author and can be heard on the author's website at www.Literarylou.com.
The Author also writes for his website at, www.Literarylou.com.
